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A seated man in white ritual clothes with gold-bordered dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a group of boys and young men sit on mats, some with eyes closed, and a child in an orange t-shirt and brown shorts sits at left looking toward the camera. Brass and steel vessels, a red box, flower petals and plates of offerings lie on the floor in front. Red curtains and bright tube lights are visible in the background. Appearance alone is not enough to name the seated man as a person, so he is described by role as a seated devotee in white ritual dress.

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A seated man with closed eyes wears a white dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala necklace and white horizontal ash stripes across his forehead, chest and shoulders with a red dot between the brows. Behind him, several seated people in yellow, pink and striped shirts sit in a row, some with eyes closed. The setting appears to be a temple satsang or meditation gathering. The man's identity is not established from the image, and there is no legible caption naming him.2011-10-21November 08 20152015-11-08November 28 20112011-11-28July 03 20172017-07-03A seated group in a bright hall with a tiled floor during a ritual gathering. A man in white dhoti and shawl sits on a chair at the back, one hand raised near his face as if speaking. Beside him a bare-chested man in a white cloth sits on a mat, and a boy lies on the floor at the front. At right, shaved-headed men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks sit on a woven mat, one with his hand at his chin. Several young boys in ordinary shirts sit on the floor near brass plates, bells and a small kalasha-style vessel set on a cloth. Plastic containers and an orange bag lie in the foreground. A red curtain hangs at the right edge and a shelf with offerings sits at upper left.2012-04-08A seated group of devotees in a temple hall performs a ritual with brass puja vessels and oil lamps on mats in front of them. Two men in front wear white dhoti-style garments with gold borders and rudraksha malas, one with grey hair and glasses, the other with eyes closed and hands folded. Behind them many boys and young men sit in rows, some in white and others in colourful shirts, all attentive. A small orange bag rests at the lower right. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so no identity is assigned.2012-04-09August 23 20142014-08-23A seated gathering of many young boys and a few men in an ashram hall during a puja. Foreground centre, an elderly bald man with white beard and glasses wears a white shirt and a long rudraksha mala, sitting with a plain expression. Behind him a teenage boy in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sits upright, while younger boys in orange and gold-bordered dhotis and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads sit around them. At right, a man in white with a red tilak and rudraksha mala holds his hands in namaskar. The crowd behind is visibly larger, with many boys in white, orange and red clothing, and the setting appears to be a formal ritual gathering.2015-06-03A seated congregation at a Nithya-Satsang gathering, with many devotees sitting cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation. Foreground figures wear orange saffron cloths and rudraksha malas, with white horizontal and vertical tilaka markings on their foreheads. Others wear white ritual clothes and white shawls with gold borders, some with white sandalwood paste on their faces. A man in a light blue shirt and glasses sits in the middle, and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands at left. A young boy in white sits at lower left. Behind them, a standing figure in white holds a wooden stick, and a man in a purple shirt stands near a black speaker. Background shows a pillared hall with a red-painted doorway.2017-11-27September 24 20132013-09-24May 06 20122012-05-06A seated group of people with eyes closed in a bright hall, apparently in meditation or prayer. In the centre, a shaved-headed young man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala stands with eyes closed, wearing glasses. Behind him, a man in a white shirt stands with hands folded, and a man in a cream shirt stands beside a red curtain. Younger boys in casual clothes sit in the foreground, one in an orange shirt and one in a checked shirt with a red lanyard. Several people wear white clothes and tilak marks on their foreheads.2011-10-11